https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 26 May 2026 21:46:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2677328 Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:44:27 +0000 Boogs 2677328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost never. It's so mean, but cleaning the mess takes so much longer than the actual project. The bad weather lately doesn't help because when we do the messy projects they are usually outside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2675597 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 22:33:19 +0000 808love 2675597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love to make a mess everyday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2675576 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:41:47 +0000 LemonJack 2675576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We'll get out the play doh when DD wants to, but don't paint as much right now. In the summer when I could strip her down to a diaper I would let her go to town more often. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2675298 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 13:25:55 +0000 PinkElephant 2675298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Rarely. I was so disappointed that DD1 doesn't do my "projects" - she just loves smashing around paint, throwing glitter, etc. - that I stopped doing them. DD2 is more interested in doing the actual projects I set up, so I am more likely to do it with her while DD1 is at school. I let her teachers handle the messy stuff :)</p> <p>I also feel kind of mean, but I realized no one was having fun. I was ending up frustrated and stressed that I needed to clean up before DH got home, and DD1 was upset b/c she didn't get to do what she wanted to and I was scolding her for making a mess. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2675252 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 12:28:58 +0000 gingerbebe 2675252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep preschool is great for the super messy stuff and they do it alllll the time which I love. They also let the kids run around outside unless true weather is really bad so they handle all the muddy shoes and wet clothing! </p> <p>We do Color Wonder markers, bath crayons, stickers, and play dough at home. Messy stuff at home is helping me cook (usually sprinkling cheese on pizza or putting veggies on the salad or decorating cookies). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2675112 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 09:36:20 +0000 edelweiss 2675112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>they do messy things at daycare--i don't have the patience or energy to do it at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2675049 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 08:25:06 +0000 FaithFertility 2675049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm queen of messy!!!<br /> I once gave my DD 20 months at the time her water color paints on the porch and basically let her "paint" what ever! Her self, the floor, the windows! I was 40 weeks PG and OVER LIFE :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2675031 Fri, 06 Jan 2017 07:40:54 +0000 looch 2675031@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't mind if my son does messy projects, as long as it's in the kitchen and he's wearing house clothes. He can go to town, but he's pretty neat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674594 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 17:11:04 +0000 Cole 2674594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No glitter! Other than that we're pretty well set up for messy play so it happens pretty frequently. She stands in the kitchen helper and works at the island, the floor is tile and the sink is obviously close by so the mess is usually not too bad. I do need to magic eraser the wall behind her more frequently than I'd like to since I usually don't notice the splatters until later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674578 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:52:01 +0000 nana87 2674578@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo plays at her little art table every day, and I let her call the shots for what materials she wants. Paint is def messier than say crayons and if I don't have time to set it up (like am before daycare) I'll try to deflect her to something else. Her art table is a super cheap IKEA one, and the rug under is a piece of trash that we will toss when leave this apartment. Also I make her use a plastic finger painting tray for her workspace so I can quickly pick it up and move it out of range if things get out of hand. I also keep wipes there for quick clean up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674571 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:44:18 +0000 Mrs. Microscope 2674571@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Preschool only. DH likes to do it, so he will paint etc. If I'm out for the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674561 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:33:47 +0000 LilSprinkles 2674561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've taught kindergarten, so I don't mind messy projects. With one it's simple and easy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674537 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:04:34 +0000 PawPrints 2674537@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Daycare only. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674536 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 16:03:31 +0000 Tanjowen 2674536@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to let him do something messy every day if he wants. I put him in play clothes I don't care about and the rule is that all activities take place at our kitchen table - it's old, banged up, and I don't care if it gets messy - I can clean it and the floor easily afterward. He loves marker paint and playdough right now.</p> <p>That being said, I refuse to buy glitter or let it in my house :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674485 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 15:10:38 +0000 Mamaof2 2674485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always - I feel like the messier it is the more fun the kids have! My DH however cannot stand messy things - he wont even let them paint </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674452 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:36:34 +0000 catgirl 2674452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Almost never. We rent and have carpet everywhere except the bathrooms and the (very tiny) kitchen. DD is 2 and we have her finger paint in the tub probably once a week. Other than that she just gets crayons and stickers. </p> <p>When we visited my mom or inlaws last summer and fall she got to paint on their decks in just a diaper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674448 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:35:48 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2674448@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it makes you feel any better, I feel that certain messy projects are for day care only. I don't allow playdough in my house, and anything else is usually an outside project or a project for my 4 year old when my 15 month old is napping. Sounds even meaner, but they get tons of that creativity at school. We tend to do more physical things with them since that stuff is limited to twice/day at school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674447 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:34:34 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2674447@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not crafty at all. Never really have been so for me I don't remember to do it very much, like once or twice a month. I also think DD2 is too little to do some projects but would be interested if I brought them out so we end up just not doing them at all because I don't feel like dealing with trying to keep her occupied/safe/from messing up her sisters project. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-can-you-tolerate-the-messy-projects#post-2674443 Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:31:40 +0000 Bao 2674443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to get out the "messy" stuff for my oldest LO quit often. Now that LO2 is interested as well, it has become much more of a chore. She is much more messy with things like paint, and almost always spills the water if watercolors are out. So lately I've only been getting paints out about once a month. I know it sounds so mean but it becomes more stressful and involves much more fighting amongst the girls than it's worth. </p>